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Three Springs, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Southern Huntingdon County Sd #278 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,311 per pupil, Southern Huntingdon County Sd ranks #609 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,060
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,311
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Southern Huntingdon County Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,060 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Huntingdon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,311 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.4% local, 58.7% state, and 12.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #278 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 152.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.2% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Shade Gap El Sch, with a diversity index of 10.7/100.
Its largest campus is Southern Huntingdon Co Hs/Ms, enrolling 595 students (59% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Shade Gap El Sch, at 90 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Southern Huntingdon Co Hs/Ms accounts for 56.1% of all Southern Huntingdon County Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Southern Huntingdon County Sd a distant remainder — means Southern Huntingdon County Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Southern Huntingdon County Sd school enrollment varies 6.6× across entities
Southern Huntingdon County Sd school enrollment ranges from 90 students (lowest) to 595 students (highest), a spread of 505 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Southern Huntingdon County Sd student-counselor ratio is 153:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Southern Huntingdon County Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 37.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Southern Huntingdon County Sd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Southern Huntingdon County Sd?
Southern Huntingdon County Sd has 4 schools, including 1 combined, 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,060 students.
How much does Southern Huntingdon County Sd spend per student?
Southern Huntingdon County Sd spends $14,311 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #278 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Southern Huntingdon County Sd?
Southern Huntingdon County Sd students are 95.2% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Southern Huntingdon County Sd?
Southern Huntingdon County Sd has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #278 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.